Louise's first task, get the strimmer from the shed...strike that, chop down the bush blocking the path to the shed with the strimmer. After successfully defeating the bush and the spiders to get the strimmer, task two was to make it back without getting distracted. An hour and a half later, the strimmer was turned on for the last few minutes.

In the meantime, Louise cleared over growth from the wall and the path and chopped down cuttings so that they could fit into bags, whilst Jo cleared an area of lawn from the flowers and thorns which had taken over, and uncovered two garden chairs in the process!

There's lots still to do, but an afternoon has already made quite the difference and Mrs C is thrilled with the progress so far.